Transmogrified Tiger
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He's bona fide, what are you?
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Billy Petrick. ML debut time! Outstanding. Looks like it's that time of the month when Lou actually puts the correct relief pitcher in at the right time. -
Who's up in the pen?
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There are conflicting reports. Hendry's own comments ommit any involvement of Zell, and it seems unlikely that the owner of the Trib would personally reject a trade over a matter of a few million dollars. I could envision a scenario where Zell told McDonough and Hendry, "Sure, do the deal. But then don't expect me to approve any deadline aquisitions. You have an allowance and you will have spent it." That doesn't make sense though. The proposed deal doesn't add any money. Loses 600k actually.
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65 total, 39 in the 3 innings since the first.
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Well, he threw 26 in the first. Hopefully he stays economical the next couple innings and gets thru 7.
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Jocketty to the Cubs???
Transmogrified Tiger replied to The Voice of Reason's topic in General Baseball Talk
Just to play a little devil's advocate (because I do like Walt Jocketty as a GM), don't the Cubs just have better talent because they suck and get high draft picks every year? So arguably there's less development necessary? I wouldn't say so for a couple reasons. One, relating specifically to the Cubs, a large majority of their prospect successes have been international players(of note: the Cards don't really spend on Internationals, at least not like the Cubs), who require more development than any acquisition. Also, I don't think the teams' level of Major League success determines the level of talent in the system that much. For starters the Cubs and Cards haven't been that far apart record wise(in other words, the Cubs aren't the Pirates), and also when you look at the top systems(Arizona, both LA teams, Atlanta, Minnesota, etc.) you see several franchises that have had a lot of success, some of which has been sustained for several years. In conclusion, I like parentheses. -
Inconsistent? I think he's one of the more consistent pitchers in all of baseball. I could be wrong, but I think you guys are talking different types of consistency. Buehrle is pretty consistently around the same numbers each year, but(and this is what I think UMFan meant), he's more prone to variations during the year. Simply put, Buehre may end up with similar numbers to say, Tim Hudson, but he's more likely to have a disaster start and get rocked on a given start.
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Jocketty to the Cubs???
Transmogrified Tiger replied to The Voice of Reason's topic in General Baseball Talk
But isn't Jocketty responsible for how the farm system works? The Cardinals farm system has been atrocious for years, and he hasn't done much to fix the situation. I agree with the rest of your sentiment though. To an extent, but to his credit he's made changes(Luhnow is relatively new I believe), and that comment also served to illustrate that he probably wouldn't be forced to dumpster dive in a system with better talent and player development(like the Cubs). -
What a stupid post. How in the hell do you interpret this as everybody thinking the Brewers will obviously regress yet the Cubs will magically bring it together? Seriously. Very stupid post. Even if anyone was saying that, it's not exactly crazy given their run differential/pythag records(even though I know you hate them).
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Jocketty to the Cubs???
Transmogrified Tiger replied to The Voice of Reason's topic in General Baseball Talk
Part of the reason Jocketty has to gamble on retreads so much is because the Cardinal farm system has been awful for a very long time. To me, the big difference if we're talking Hendry/Jocketty is the people they surrounded themselves with. Jocketty put coaches in place to work best with the people he's aquired, Hendry put coaches in place that destroyed the fruits of the farm system they built. They've had their good trades(McGwire, Edmonds, Rolen, Lee, Ramirez, Barrett) and bad(Pierre, Mulder), but I'd be most interested in who Jocketty brought with him. Has he kept most of the same coaches and front office people throughout his stops as GM? -
Does Penn St play Wisconsin? If so where? I like Penn St this year. I see the Big Ten coming down to Michigan, PSU and Wisconsin. I think Wisconsin will win in the end. they play Wisconsin October 13th at home I like Penn State a lot this year. I think they could be one of, if not the, big national sleeper. They won't beat Notre Dame In Happy Valley? I bet they do.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 6-26-2007
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Woo Hernandez YTD @ Peoria: 39 IP, 1.25 WHIP, 6.69 K/9, 2.53 BB/9, 2.64 K/BB, 0.69 HR/9 And he's 18. -
Favorite Jacque Jones moment
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Schwarber Fan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
That one time he didn't spike a throw directly into the ground. Sure, it went 10 feet over the catcher's head, but I was still stunned that the ball actually went upward. -
I'm the opposite. I think the extra salary relief is more valuable than the difference between the non-prospects we'd get.
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http://www.baseballamerica.com/online/highschool/news/264350.html http://www.baseballamerica.com/online/highschool/features/264296.html Holy crap, I live in Wentzville, MO.
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He wasn't in the tourney. That was a cards fan. No, he was Raisin's 1st round matchup.
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Why? Pigs is a lefty. We need a righty. I always, always, always think Petrick is a lefty when he throws RH. *Begins having conversation with self*
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Haha...he's 23 man...but the poster on ITI said it's "per two sources in the farm system" so take it for what it's worth. I will go with it for now, because this is a fairly reliable poster over there. You keep your facts away from my joke, you hear? If true, it shows what the Cubs think of Pignatiello.
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Petrick? Could Pawelek not get to the phone or something? Maybe an outbreak of alcoholism in the clubhouse and they don't want anyone of legal age?
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Standard websites don't have that info. I'd suspect that it's better, though. MLB.com has double splits if you wanted to do how he's done against LHP in June.
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IIRC, near .100 IsoD, near 1.000 OPS
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NO HE HASN'T!!! If this is true, we have to see Izturis EVERYDAY at Short! Neither Fontenot nor DeRosa can play SS in the Major Leagues, well neither can Izturis apparently. This is would be a god awful resolution to the problem that we have. Why does Hendry have to torment us??? This will be the last straw, I will no longer defend Hendry in anyway, shape, or form if this is what he does. Dare I compare the passion for Theriot with some of the Cubs fanbase to the popularity of Eckstein to some Cardinal fans? There's quite a difference between the host of people who think Eckstein is a good player and the people who think Theriot is better than Cesar Izturis.
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It is when you consider that nobody else on the roster can play SS for more than an emergency fill-in role... which means it's going to be all Izturis all the time. Bingo. Izturis has been outplaying Theriot. As the starting SS, Theriot has been abysmal. There's a negligible difference defensively, and Theriot is a better bet to produce offensively going forward, despite what he's done in an small sample at SS.
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It is when you consider that nobody else on the roster can play SS for more than an emergency fill-in role... which means it's going to be all Izturis all the time. Bingo.
